Edinburgh Botanic 9th May 2012

[shelagh]

Sorry these have taken so long to post but if you follow other pages of the forum you will know I have been having problems with my computer.

We had a quick 2 hours here whilst on a coaching holiday in Scotland.  If the pictures are not labelled it is because I couldn't find a label and in the case of the Ramonda I think it was a sss(Brian speak for a self sown seedling) at the base of a wall.

    Acer
    Aciphylla glaucescens
    Alyssum diffusum
    Anemone obtusiloba
    Anemone obtusiloba 'Pradesh'

[shelagh]

OK it wouldn't let me post 10 so I tried 5 and it worked.

I'll try again.

    Anthemis cretica var. cretica
    arty rhodo
    Aurinia saxatile 'Double Form'
    Campanula bellidifolia var. saxifraga
    Carthamnus rhaponticoides
    Celmisia
    Celmisia verbascifolia
    Corydalis flexuosa
    Draba korabensis
    erinacea anthyllis

[shelagh]

There's more.

Last one is the saddest sign you will ever see.

    Esterhuysenia
    fern fronds uncurling
    Gaultheria procumbens macrocarpa
    Haberlea rhodopensis
    Headless sculpture
    Helichrysum
    Helichrysum sessiloides
    IMGP1055
    IMGP1056
    IMGP1059

[shelagh]

And more.

    IMGP1060
    IMGP1070
    IMGP1075
    IMGP1125
    IMGP1126
    IMGP1128
    IMGP1133
    Iris reichenbachii
    Iris ruthenica
    Iris turkoman

[shelagh]

Another tranche.

Including a stone found in the Japanese section, and a Podocarpus like the one Sandy Leven exhibited at Glasgow where he got a lot of stick because people said it was dead


    Incarvillea mairei var. mairei
    Japanese stone
    Lewisia cotyledon hybrid
    Lithadora zahnii
    Lunaria rediviva
    Moonwalk tree
    ornithogalum montanum
    Paeony obovata
    Paris
    Podocarpus nivalis

[shelagh]

I have a few more.

[shelagh]

And more. The Relhania acerosa looks incredibly like what we show as Rosenia humilis perhaps some knowledgeable person out there will tell me if they are the same.

[shelagh]

And the last tranche, you wouldn't believe how quickly we raced round EBG.  Unfortunately we had missed HRH Prince of Wales and Camilla as they were there earlier in the morning.

[Lesley Cox]

You certainly well-filled your two hours Shelagh and the above pics are much more interesting than HRH and his lady.

Are you now saying (above) that Carduncellus has been renamed as Carthamnus?

[shelagh]

Are you now saying (above) that Carduncellus has been renamed as Carthamnus?

Not sure I can answer that one Lesley, this particular plant had no label but a similar rosette nearby was entitled Carthamnus so I think it may be.  No doubt the experts will put us right

[Brian Ellis]

Wow, Shelagh, you certainly packed plants into your time at the Botanics, thankfully there is so much to see apart from the Alpine House, but what a disappointment that must have been.  Last time we were there we spent about twice as long and got no further than the glasshouses and lunch!  Thanks for sharing them.

[Lesley Cox]

I can't find a Google reference to Carthamnus, but there is Carthamus, Asteraceae, and Safflower from which, presumably safflower oil is extracted. It does seem to have a thistly-type flower but in reds, oranges, yellows. When I Google the Carduncellus, there's no suggestion of a name change or it being put into a different genus. I'll stick with the latter name I think, having known it for so many years.